"Snap a Photo, Keep the Memories"
After their date, Cleo and Frankie decided to take a selfie over the bridge they visited. It's always best to live in the moment. But sometimes, once the moment is over, it's nice to look back on a picture or two and cherish the memories that come with it. ⚡💎
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Belladonna Nightshade - Halloween Dark Fairy
Base Doll: G3 Twyla from Monster High
Clothing Pattern: Dollightful's Asymmetrical Dress (read to the end, I have notes about this)
Happy Halloween everyone! Since becoming a doll customizer, my Halloween dolls are usually related to my favorite indie horror game, Bendy and the Ink Machine. However, seeing as I've completed two Bendy dolls already this year, I felt it was time to give myself a break and try something a bit different. My friends over in DollyAnna's Discord server wanted to do a collaboration, so we decided to all make some Dark Fairies for Halloween!
Belladonna Nightshade is a mischievous fae that loves to play tricks and tempt mortals. That said, she's easily bribed with a sweet treat or two, and will usually let you be if you have a little candy or pastry to give her. I haven't decided what I want to do with her yet in terms of a story, but there is a part of me that would love to have her in my Equinox story.
When you consider the fact that most of my other Halloween dolls are black and yellow, it's no surprise she ended up super colorful. XD Would you believe this is my first doll with rainbow hair? Yeah neither did I, but she is! Part of my style is having really colorful and vibrant dolls, it surprises a lot of people that I've never done a rainbow before, but honestly? I'm glad to have finally tackled one! I'm also glad to have worked with another G3. Twyla is very near and dear to my heart, and I was so psyched to work with her mold! You can't see it in any of these photos, but I used glow in the dark varnish on her eyes and neon markings, so that her eyes still glow like the original. I will say, this doll has a lot more acrylic paint than my others, just by the nature of I don't have any pencils in neon colors. It was nice to get the practice in, I feel more confident than I did before in my brush skills. It was also nice to have a doll with dark scleras for a change! I haven't done that since I made Dreamer, it's surprisingly fun to draw on!
I was inspired by a LOT of different things with this one, and I went back and forth on my concepts a lot. Black light skeleton make-up, butterflies, fairies with non-traditional wings, candy, jesters, these were all sources of inspiration, and I think most obviously of all, Dollightful herself. This wasn't intentional, but I ended up using a doll of one of her favorite characters, with a lot of saturated colors which we know she loves, and even her dress pattern! I've been wanting to make this garment for ages, and finally I had a reason to try it!
So those of you who know how this pattern works are probably asking "Kat, how did you make this fit a G3? This dress is supposed to fit a G1 Monster High doll!" Believe it or not, Requiem Arts has a method for easily adjusting G1 patterns to fit G3 bodies. It's as simple as scaling a pattern up to 104% and printing it that way. It's meant for her garments, but I don't see any reason why it wouldn't work for other doll patterns. So I tried it with Katherine's dress, and I'm happy to say it worked out just fine! I think I probably should have adjusted a bit more on the skirt though. This outfit is essentially two pieces, and the skirt with all the ruffles is a little tight around the booty, it could have used a little more sizing up. So if you own this pattern and want to try this yourself, do keep that in mind!
Do let me know what you think! I had so much fun working on Belladonna, she's so vibrant and fun, I wanna try more fairies like her someday. I also need to try using props more. I got these pumpkins and hay bales on sale, and it was fun using them to craft a little temporary set for photos.
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Dontcha just love how all digital recording devices have timestamps of some kind (specifically tehre to call me out)
My camera - first photo taken at 11:44am, last photo taken at 4:50pm. The files naming convention lets it show that 413 shots were taken
full day for what.... a doll in some roses and my knees full of gravel
FRELLIN WORTH IT
a++ cannot wait to do again
At some point you find yourself: sittin on the cold grass, legs splayed out, back bent at bizarre angle while attempting to steady self with elbow diggin into something, the very shiny metal doll-stand base balanced on your foot used as a make-shift reflector.... Yawp, hobbies were a mistake
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Clawdeen Wolf ☾
Monster High • First Year
Homeroom 104
Even a man who is pure in heart and says his prayers by night may become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms and the autumn moon is bright.
Father: Apollo Wolf Mother: Selena Wolf
Birthday: August 30th ♍︎
Interest: sewing, knitting, fashion design, insects, astronomy, running, casketball, roller skating, dancing
Fave Team: Connecrypt Sun
Fave Music: 70s-80s disco, hip hop, anything with a retro vibe, english & latin
Fave Foods: grilled tenderloin-rare, her dad’s jambalaya, her mom’s tamales
Killer Style: Marked with a pentagram, leopard print, zebra print, moons, stars, fur, teeth, gold chains, zippers, 80s-90s, geek shriek, disco
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"Haunted Homies"
You would think that for a nerdy normie like Jackson, the daughter of the boogeyman, a creature of nightmares and shadows, would give him the creeps.
But it was quite the opposite actually. The two of them found valuable companionship in each other. As it turns out, Twyla is quite the nerd herself. She and Jackson had a shared love of books and fascination with the supernatural.
On the eves of dusk, if you are especially observant, you might find Jackson and Twyla traversing haunted grounds together, exploring what inspires curiosity in both of them.
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